Key Verse Spotlight
Acts 26:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:”
Acts 26:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
Unto which {promise} our twelve tribes, instantly serving {God} day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. {day and night: Gr. night and day}
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
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